却步
què bù
Pinyin

Definition

却步
 - 
què bù
  1. to step back

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

步
Bù
  1. 1 surname Bu
步步
bù bù
  1. 1 step by step
  2. 2 at every step
进步
jìn bù
  1. 1 progress
  2. 2 improvement
  3. 3 to improve
  4. 4 to progress
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
初步
chū bù
  1. 1 initial
  2. 2 preliminary
  3. 3 tentative
同步
tóng bù
  1. 1 synchronous
  2. 2 to synchronize
  3. 3 to keep step with
地步
dì bù
  1. 1 stage
  2. 2 degree (to which a situation has evolved)
  3. 3 situation
  4. 4 leeway
大步
dà bù
  1. 1 large strides
徒步
tú bù
  1. 1 to be on foot
散步
sàn bù
  1. 1 to take a walk
  2. 2 to go for a walk
止步
zhǐ bù
  1. 1 to halt
  2. 2 to stop
  3. 3 to go no farther
步伐
bù fá
  1. 1 pace
  2. 2 (measured) step
  3. 3 march
步入
bù rù
  1. 1 to step into
  2. 2 to enter
步行
bù xíng
  1. 1 to go on foot
  2. 2 to walk
步行者
bù xíng zhě
  1. 1 pedestrian
步行街
bù xíng jiē
  1. 1 car-free zone
  2. 2 pedestrian street
步骤
bù zhòu
  1. 1 procedure
  2. 2 step
漫步
màn bù
  1. 1 to wander
  2. 2 to ramble
  3. 3 recreational hiking
  4. 4 to perambulate
脚步
jiǎo bù
  1. 1 footstep
  2. 2 step
舞步
wǔ bù
  1. 1 dance steps
让步
ràng bù
  1. 1 to concede
  2. 2 to give in
  3. 3 to yield
  4. 4 a concession
  5. 5 (linguistics) concessive

Idioms (20)

一步一个脚印
yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn
  1. 1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
  2. 2 reliable
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
亦步亦趋
yì bù yì qū
  1. 1 to blindly follow suit (idiom)
  2. 2 to imitate slavishly
  3. 3 to do what everyone else is doing
安步当车
ān bù dàng chē
  1. 1 to go on foot (idiom)
  2. 2 to do things at a leisurely pace
寸步不让
cùn bù bù ràng
  1. 1 (idiom) not to yield an inch
寸步不离
cùn bù bù lí
  1. 1 to follow sb closely (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep close to
寸步难行
cùn bù nán xíng
  1. 1 unable to move a single step (idiom)
  2. 2 to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
  1. 1 stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
  2. 2 stagnating and conservative
昂首阔步
áng shǒu kuò bù
  1. 1 striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step
  2. 2 to strut
步履维艰
bù lu:3 wéi jiān
  1. 1 to have difficulty walking (idiom)
  2. 2 to walk with difficulty
步斗踏罡
bù dǒu tà gāng
  1. 1 to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
步罡踏斗
bù gāng tà dǒu
  1. 1 to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
游客止步
yóu kè zhǐ bù
  1. 1 visitors are not admitted (idiom)
百尺竿头，更尽一步
bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù
  1. 1 lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom); fig. much accomplished, still some work to do
  2. 2 to continue to further successes
  3. 3 not to rest on one's laurels
百步穿杨
bǎi bù chuān yáng
  1. 1 to shoot with great precision (idiom)
稳步不前
wěn bù bù qián
  1. 1 to mark time and make no advances (idiom)
举步维艰
jǔ bù wéi jiān
  1. 1 to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
蜗行牛步
wō xíng niú bù
  1. 1 lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to move at a snail's pace
  3. 3 to make slow progress
规行矩步
guī xíng jǔ bù
  1. 1 to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly
  2. 2 to act according to convention

Sample Sentences

说到闲散，你手边这本是【老子】吧？听说，现在老子思想很受老外欢迎，反倒是国内，一般人对老子的微言大义望之却步，认识不深。
shuō dào xiánsǎn ，nǐ shǒubiān zhè běn shì 【lǎozǐ 】ba ？tīngshuō ，xiànzài lǎozǐ sīxiǎng hěn shòu lǎowài huānyíng ，fǎndào shì guónèi ，yìbānrén duì lǎozi de wēiyán dàyì wàng zhī quèbù ，rènshi bù shēn 。
Talking of leisure, that book you've got there is Laozi, yes? I heard that Laozi's thinking is very popular among foreigners nowadays. It's actually now in China that normal people can't get to grips with Laozi's wisdom, due to their unfamiliarity with it.
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